Radio Tirol is the regional radio for Tyrol

Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

 and the German-speaking population of South Tyrol

South Tyrol

South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...

, and is part of the Österreich 2

Ö2

Under the name Österreich 2 all ORF regional radios, regulated by public law, are subsumed. These 9 regional radios only broadcast in their state.The following radio stations are part of Ö2:*Radio Wien...

 group.
It is broadcast by the ORF, and the programs from Radio Tirol are made in the ORF Tirol Studio.

History

The first radio broadcasting tryouts in Tyrol started in 1926 in Aldrans

Aldrans

Aldrans is a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol situated at an altitude of 760 m, has an area of 8.89 km2 and 2183 inhabitants as January 2011.-Geography:...

 close to Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

. The history of the ORF Tirol Studio reaches back to the 1945 built "Sendergruppe West". This group had 2 studios, one in Tyrol and one in Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...

. In 1952 the transmitters were handed over to the state government of Tyrol. The program was completely mixed, from news and information shows to classical music, radio dramas and other features. In the literature department of the Radio Tirol, talents like Axel Corti, Otto Grünmandl or Bert Breit were found. During 1954 and 1956 the "Sendergruppe West" was integrated into the ORF

ORF

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.

Radio Tirol officially started its program on 1 October 1967 as the "ÖR-Radio Tirol" . In 1972 the ORF Tirol Studio was opened in Innsbruck, in the district "Saggen". The ORF Tirol didn't only produce the Radio Tirol, but also TV shows for the "Österreich Bild". From 1988 also the regional news "Tirol heute" in TV. In 1992 the old marketing name "ÖR", which stood for "Österreich Regional", was discontinued and "Ö2" was used from then on. After the introduction of nation-wide private radios, "Ö2" was pushed further back and all regional radios got the name "Radio (State)", in this case "Radio Tirol".

Coverage

Radio Tirol broadcasts mainly in Tyrol. The music line-up consists mostly of oldies and folk music.

Radio Tirol is produced and broadcast from the ORF Tirol Studio. From time to time Radio Tirol also produces special programs in connection with ski-ing events.

Other radio stations

There is a private radio station in South Tyrol, which also calls itself Radio Tirol, because of the village close by which is also called Tirol. This radio station used to broadcast its program in the area around Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, but this frequency was now taken over by "Radio Südtirol 1".